In collaboration with the Right to Property initiative of Liberty Institute (New Delhi), and ARCH Vahini (Gujarat)

15th to 17th February 2014

The objectives of the three day workshop is to improve understanding of the legal and procedural aspects of FRA. Also to appreciate the challenges on the ground, and to learn the significance of use of GPS / PDA instruments, and the role of satellite imagery in implementing the FRA.

DAY

DATE

TIME

PROGRAMME

DAY 1

15 Feb 2014

11 am to 11.30 am

Inauguration and Introduction

11.30 am to 12.30 pm

Forest right act Implementation andchallenges - sharing experiences

12.30 pm to 1.00 pm

FRA in the context of Right to Property in the Indian Constitution

1.00 to 2.00 pm

Lunch break

2.30 to 3 pm

Experience of ARCH in Gujarat

3 to 4 pm

Use of GPS/GIS in FRA

4 to 5 pm

Practical operation of GPS

5 pm to 6 pm

Break

6 pm to 7.30 pm

Group Discussion

8.00 pm

Dinner

DAY 2

16 Feb 2014

9 am to 3.30 pm

Field visit - mapping of community forestresources and individual plots by GPS at Hanumankheda, and other villages

1.30 to 2.15 pm

Lunch break

2.30 to 3.30 pm

Preparation of maps by GPS

3.30 to 4.30 pm

Break - Return to Sheopur

4.30 to 5.30 pm

Documentation of the claims and evidence

Day 3

17 Feb 2014

9 am to 1 pm

Processing of GPS data from the field visit and assessing the information on satellite imagery

Field Visit: Names of the villages (pincodes, panchayet and block, names) to be visited during field visit. Meeting with the FRC members, and community leaders. And to map plots of land in that village, compiling the names of claimants, and document any other types of evidence available.

If the locations of the villages are available, then it would help in identifying and saving the satellite images of the area, prior to the field visit. This will greatly help in demonstrating the role of GIS in implementing the FRA. This may also reduce the dependence on satellite images.

Resources and Equipment necessary:

GPS / PDA instruments (We will bring 2 GPS instruments, and it would help if the PDA instruments from the district are made available, along with operators).PDA data for the claims approved, if any, in that village. (It would really help if this information could be sent to us as soon as possible. This will help us assess the localities on satellite images.)